When the prospect is deceiving.
M35 and NGC 2158 are two open clusters visible in the constellation Gemini. From this image the two clusters would…
Astronomy
Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon
The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a…
A dust-bound supermassive black hole [artist’s impression]
This artist’s impression shows the dust torus around a super-massive black hole. Black holes lurk at the centers of active…
New Images Show Stunning Auroras on Mars
A probe launched by the United Arab Emirates to explore the Martian environment captured a very unusual phenomenon on camera:…
What Is “Redshift?”
‘Redshift’ is a key concept for astronomers. The term can be understood literally — the wavelength of the light is…
Astonishing Image Captures The Epic Collision of Three Galaxies
An object 681 million light-years away might look like one glorious, exquisite mess, but there’s a lot more going on…
After a year on Mars
The car-sized Perseverance rover landed inside the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, tasked with searching for signs…
North meets South
Seeing this photo we can feel a little confused! This Photograph simultaneously captures the Northern and Southern Hemispheres — the…
Astronomers discover a new type of star covered in helium burning ashes
A team of German astronomers, led by Professor Klaus Werner of the University of Tübingen, have discovered a strange new…
Can a planet have a mind of its own? Thought experiment
Take, for example, plants: plants ‘invented’ a way of undergoing photosynthesis to enhance their own survival, but in so doing,…